When the Post-Apocalyptic genre really took off, One Second After was one of the first books that I read that had a profound impact on me as both a writer and prepper. I went on to read the other two books in the series: One Year After and The Final Day. The final installment of…
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Literary Corner: Remembering J.R.R Tolkien
Remembering J. R. R. Tolkien: January 3, 1892–September 2, 1973 “I am in fact a Hobbit.” — J. R. R. Tolkien John Ronald Reuel Tolkien is a favorite author of New Left “hippies” and New Right nationalists, and for pretty much the same reasons. Tolkien deeply distrusted modernization and industrialization, which replace organic reciprocity…
Orwell’s Bugman in 1984
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The Children of Men in Real Time?
Study finds ‘alarming’ decline in sperm count across world So it appears another classic dystopian novel is proving to be eerily prophetic. First it was 1984, then Soylent Green, then Camp of the Saint’s now it is The Children of Men. For those who have not read the novel I will spare you any…
Know Your WW1 History: American Pravda, Lost Histories of the Great War
American Pravda: Lost Histories of the Great War “On reading this, I did a double-take and almost questioned my sanity. Surely, Hochschild must be aware that exactly at that point in time, the government of Germany had publicly proposed international peace talks without preconditions aimed at ending the war, suggesting that the massive, pointless…
Literary Corner: Cormac McCarthy’s Quest for Answers Amid the Chaos
Cormac McCarthy’s Quest for Answers Amid the Chaos Cormac McCarthy’s novels have had a profound impact on me as a writer over the years. If you are new to Cormac, I highly recommend these three novels to start out with: Blood Meridian No Country for Old Men The Road Looking forward to…
SHTF Self-Education Series Book Review – “Winning Insurgent War: Back to Basics”
SHTF Self-Education Series Book Review from the Library – “Winning Insurgent War: Back to Basics” Note to my Readers: I had some issues downloading the .pdf version of this book with the links provided, so in prowling around I found this link which worked fine: https://community.apan.org/wg/tradoc-g2/fmso/m/fmso-books/195392/download Study Up and Train Hard!
SHTF Self-Education Series
H/T WRSA SHTF Self-Education Series – From the Library: “Special Forces – Guerilla Warfare Manual” Another worthy addition to your SHTF Flash Drive or Binder filled with Preparedness Manuals and other Associated materials. I will admit a large percentage of these “SHTF” Books are written by morons and are useful for nothing but fire…
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Maneuver Warfare
Maneuver Warfare Worthwhile article that dovetails WW2 Military History with the current events in Ukraine. Highly Recommend you download this book to a flash drive and keep for future reference.